Aeroplane



I. COVINO.

AEROPLANE. APPLICATION FILED OCT. 8. I917. RENEWED mm: 22.

Patented Aug. 10, 1920.

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ISAAC covino, or WEST new YonK, NEW-JERSEY".

, AEROPLANE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed October 8, 1917, Serial No. 195,307. Renewed. Junefilf, 1920. Serial No. 383,2?)93.

To'all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ISAAC Covmo, a citizen of the United States, and resident of 74 Park avenue, West New York, in the county of Hudson and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Aeroplanes, of whichv the follow-* ing is a specification.

The-objects I have in .view are the following:

To .produce an aeroplane which will have features of advantage in general design,

shape, lifting capacity and stability.

, and displacement which is capable tomake long distance flights and carry a largequantity of fuel or other material.

To produce an aeroplane which may be easily equilibrated and steered by having three systems of steerings, one located at the back or tail end of the main body, and one located at each tail end of each equilibrating body which are located at the tip end of the planes of the aeroplane.

These and further objects. will appear more clearly from the following specification and accompanying drawings, considered together or separately.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a top per spective view of the aeroplane as seen from the front, Fig. 2 is a plan view of the aeroplane having a portion of the planes cut oil,

and Fig. 3 is a front view of the aeroplane,

showing only the front part of the aeroplane.

General construction and design.

In general design my aeroplane consists of:

The main center body 1 having in the front two engines 2 and 3 one above the other and each connected to the propellers 4: and 5 with proper distance between them so as to allow said propellers 4c and 5 free movement of rotation, said engines 1 and 2, and propellers 4i and Bare so placed as to move independently or simultaneously,

'at about the center of having at its upper level 6 the usual steering devices and accommodation for the chief operator and also other seating accome modations at 7 for other passengers, etc, or

accommodation for holding other material. At' about the center as 8 a large fuel tank is located so as to counter balance the weight of the engine in the front and which stores fuel for engines 2 and 3, also-having at its bottom sustaining wheels 9 and 10 which enable the aeroplane to move freely on said" wneels when propelled, also having at the back or tail end the usual horizontal rudder f 11 and vertical rudder 12 and skid 13.

The sustaining planes 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18 are located one above the other, whlch Mill be rei'erred to hereafter as pentaplane "set 3%, and having the usual angle of incidence as shown; 19, 20, .41, 22 and 23 are similarly placed and form pentaplane set 24, 25, 26, 27 and 28 are also similarly placed and form pentaplane set 36; and 29,

30, 31, and 33 form pentaplane set 37: 3.3 and 37 are horizontally far apart so tha the air currents distorted by 35, when flying, do not interfere with the usual vacuum'pro duccd above each plane of 3. 35 and 37 ex tend to the left of the main body 1; similarly 3i and 36 are to the rightof the main body 1 and far apart horizontallyso that the air currents distorted by 34:, when flying, do not interfere with the usual vacuum produced above each plane of 36. T he planes in each pentaplane set of 34, 35, 36 and 37 are of the usual construction and held to gether with the usual vertical ribs and cross wires nowin use for the construction 0 biplanes. j

Lateral equilibrating bodies, the tips of the pentaplanes. 35 and 37, at the left side tom of 38 the skid 4% is located so that no part of 38 will touch the grounds. tihould the machine be out of balance when moving,

located which stores fuel for two motors 39 and 40; said body 38 l Wing r" its hack or tail end the usual a. vertical steering rudders tips or the that equilibrium is constantly maintained .while the aeroplane is flying, after the pro pentaplanes 3.4 and 36 at the i'ight side of the main body 1 are connected and embodied in the lateral equilibrating body 48 so as to giveeach pentaplane 34 and 36 a rigid construction. Body 48 is of same size and shape as body 38, having similarly two motors 49 I and50, and two propellers 51 and 52, which are operated by a mechanic located at 53.-

Skid 54 serves the same ,urpose .as 44. At about the center of 48 t e tuel tank 55 is located which stores fuel for the two motors 49 and 50; said body 48 having atits back or tail end the usual steering horizontal rudder 56 and vertical rudder 57, similar to those of 38.

To operate: the propellers 4, 5, 41, 42, 51 and 52 are set in motion by their respective motors either simultaneously or in the following combinations; of 42, 52 and 4; of 51,

41 and 5; of 4 and 5; of 51, 52, 41and 42, so

pellers are set in motion the aeroplane skids along the ground until sufiicient speed is obtained so as to allow the air currents encountered'by the planes enough resistance under each plane and therefore enough lifting powerfor the aeroplane to ascend from the ground. .The different engines and propellers are to be set in motion by each operator when signaled so to do by the chief operator 6, who hascomplete control of the motion of the aeroplane. may be made to ascend or descend by moving the horizontal rudders 46, 11 and 56 simultaneously up or down, it may be made to move to the right or left by moving the vertical rudders 57, 12 and 47 simultaneously. All of the said rudders are steered I by the usual mode of steering by the chief Operator located at 6. The rudders 46,11 and 56*are controlled and moved all or inde- The aeroplane aeeaees 'pendently by the operator 6. In order to maintainequilibrium and prevent the aeroplane from tilting the operator 6 moves 46 up and 56 down 012,56 up and 46 down in accordance to which side the aeroplane is above or below the imaginary plane passing,

through the main body 1 in a horizontal position. To descend the operator shuts off the power and stops the propellers and by lowering the horizontal rudders gradually the machine glides to the ground, rolling along over'the Wheels located at the front of the equilibrating bodies of the same shape as that of central body and each located at the tip of the two series of planes on each side.

All substantially as described.

2. An aeroplane having a main body, ten

sustaining planes on each side of said main body, an equilibrating body at the tips of the ten planes on each side so as to give the planes a rigid construction. All substantially as described. o

In testimony whereof I have affixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

ISAAC COVINO.

Witnesses ROBERT JAMEs, PAUL MOSKOWITZ. 

